bsmphilly.com Topics: girardhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/topics/girard/?utm_medium=RSS2013-12-03T20:53:12-05:00SNAPSHOTS: Mayor Nutter shops in Fishtown2013-12-03T20:41:41-05:00Mikala Jamisonhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/dec/3/snapshots-mayor-nutter-shops-fishtown2/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>On Saturday, Nov. 30, Mayor Michael Nutter embraced the post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy, with a local twist. As part of the nationwide Small Business Saturday, which encourages shoppers to buy from local, independent merchants in their communities, Nutter visited the bustling Frankford and Girard avenues in Fishtown.</p> <p>He stopped by Bicycle ...Big changes for the area discussed at PRCG meeting2013-12-03T20:53:12-05:00Mikala Jamisonhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/dec/3/big-changes-area-discussed-prcg-meeting222/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Changes, both definite and immediate as well as tentative and eventual were discussed at the Nov. 21 meeting of the Port Richmond Community Group.</p> <p>First, the definite and immediate &mdash; Lucille Songhai, a representative from SEPTA was present to discuss the changes to the Route 15 line.&nbsp;</p> <p>Beginning around Dec. ...The ‘Model Block’ makes its debut2013-10-11T20:23:56-05:00Mikala Jamisonhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/oct/11/model-block-makes-its-debut22/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>East Girard Avenue cuts right through the heart of Fishtown &mdash; it&rsquo;s the perfect thoroughfare upon which businesses and residences can plant their feet, as rampant development on Frankford Avenue creeps to the east.&nbsp;</p> <p>The logistics aren&rsquo;t so simple. East Girard is essentially a highway. It&rsquo;s so wide and heavy ...A &#039;banner&#039; moment in Fishtown2012-03-28T11:57:00-05:00Hayden Mitmanhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2012/mar/28/4923-a-banner-moment-in-fishtown.html/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>After many months of planning and design, Project organizer Kathy Rhoads unveiled a new historic banner at Girard and Frankford avenues.</p> <p>Unveiled on Saturday, March 24, the banner is just one of 125 banners that the civic organization Fishtown Action plans to install throughout the neighborhood.</p> <p>Each banner will be ...Eat your heart out, river wards2011-09-29T16:16:00-05:00Brian Rademaekershttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2011/sep/29/3830-eat-your-heart-out-river-wards.html/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>If you&rsquo;re the type who habitually collects ephemera scattered about the windowsills of local bars and cafes, you might have noticed that next week, Oct. 2-8, marks the third annual River Wards Restaurant Week. </p><p>If not, you are easily forgiven. Amid the mind-reeling velocity of restaurant openings in these parts ...Fishtown man busted in Bubba&#039;s BBQ break-in2011-09-29T15:15:00-05:00Hayden Mitmanhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2011/sep/29/3828-fishtown-man-busted-in-bubba-s-bbq-break-in.html/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A 31-year-old Fishtown man with a lengthy criminal history was arrested last week after allegedly breaking into the apartment above Bubba&rsquo;s BBQ restaurant on Girard Avenue, which listed a late September opening online. </p><p>According to Philadelphia police spokeswoman Christine O&rsquo;Brien, police arrested Gary Michael Wilson on Sept. 21 when he ...Trax Foods clerk killed in Kensington South robbery2011-05-26T08:25:00-05:00Brian Rademaekershttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2011/may/26/3122-trax-foods-clerk-killed-in-kensington-south-robbery.html/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Throngs of busy commuters skirted police tape on Front Street Thursday morning as officers from the Philadelphia Police Department&rsquo;s Homicide Unit investigated a fatal shooting inside Trax Foods at Front Street and Girard Avenue.</p> <p>One dazed clerk sat outside the popular convenience store, located at the foot of the Market-Frankford ...